After covering social networking in general last time, I’m going to dive into a few of the different social networks in more depth. The first up is a little blue bird called Twitter. With its limits on message size, Twitter can be one of the most distracting social networks out there. You see dozens of …
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Social networking for freelancers
Continuing our discussion of satellite sites, I want to talk about Ganymede. Um, I mean social networks. Not moons. Depending on who you ask, social networks are either web-killers or wastes-of-time. To add to the fire, here is how I think about social networks. Strengths Social networking definitely has its strengths. I’ve said in the …
Analytics for Freelancers
What would 500 more visitors to your website do for your business? … I hope you answered "it depends". It depends on what period of time those 500 show up. In one hour? In one month? In one year? It depends if they fit your ideal clients or if they just came because you posted …
How satellite sites can bring you clients
Earlier I talked about your homebase and how it’s the one place where all of your stuff should end up. The importance of this is that it’s something you can control and change. But it alone may not be enough for you. Even if you work hard to build it up, you won’t just have …
How habits can make freelancing easier
I’m going to take a quick break from discussing the marketing tactics to write about one topic that I’m passionate about. Habits. Wait, don’t go yet… Habits can be really interesting, but they comes with a lot of baggage. Much of that baggage comes from being critical about our bad habits. Staying out late, consuming …